The Seattle Public Library - Programs & Events
Summary: The Seattle Public Library celebrates the written word through literary and humanities programs, including readings and talks by local, national and international authors, Seattle Reads, and the annual Washington State Book Awards, American history lecture, and Living History or Living Literature series.
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Podcasts:
Thomas Ricks explores why history has been kind to the American generals of World War II and less kind to the generals of the wars that followed.
"Hendrix on Hendrix" includes the most important interviews from the peak of Jimi Hendrix's career, carefully selected by one of the world's leading Hendrix historians, Steven Roby.
Mark Bowden presents a gripping account of the hunt for and elimination of Osama bin Laden.
Readings by 12 local writers in the 2012 Jack Straw Writers Program.
Join The Seattle Times' food writer Nancy Leson for a discussion on how to run a successful restaurant with five local chefs and restaurateurs.
Join world flute artist and storyteller Gary Stroutsos for a tribute to the tradition of song and story in the Zuni, Navajo and Salish cultures.
Cartoonist Ellen Forney discusses her new book "Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, and Me," providing a visceral glimpse into the effects of a mood disorder on the artist's work.
Jack Nisbet shows images and discusses his latest book, "David Douglas, a Naturalist at Work: An Illustrated Exploration Across Two Centuries in the Pacific Northwest."
A-P Hurd, Seattle-based system dynamics and complex system architecture author, talks about her new book, "The Carbon Efficient City."
Camille Paglia's latest book takes readers on a journey through Western art's defining moments, from the ancient Egyptian tomb of Queen Nefertari to George Lucas' digitally enhanced duel in "Revenge of the Sith."
Gregory Martin reads from his memoir about a father and a son finding a way to build a new relationship with one another after years of suppression and denial are given air and light.
To a shell-shocked veteran of the Great War, the Foggy London streets teem with phantoms ... and worse.
Join the creative team of local custom publisher ShinShinChez and chefs Tamara Murphy and John Howie for a lively conversation about the journey of creating a cookbook.
Spencer Quinn reads from "A Fistful of Collars," the latest in his bestselling Chet and Bernie mystery series.
Junot Díaz reads from "This Is How You Lose Her," his first book since winning the Pulitzer Prize for "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao."
